Thursday, January 13, 2005
finally finished dan brown's "the da vinci code" after 3 days of carrying it wherever i go. carried it so that i can read it whenever i have the time: during boring lectures, breaks, at the bus stops. in the end my thirst to finish the book overcame sound judgement and i read the book till 3am last night. and the aftereffect of that? missed my 9am and 10am lecture coz i forgot to set the alarm in my weary state. i'd say its worth every trouble! one of the best suspense thriller i've read - gripping language, unexpected twists, clever riddles - everything that it should have and more. no wonder his novels are so frequently acclaimed and topped so many bestselling charts. on a side note, i want to mention jeffrey deaver's "the devil's teardrop". that is my favourite suspense thriller before i read "the da vinci code". its comparable to "the da vinci code" on many fronts but i think its not receiving the recognition it deserved in singapore. maybe its because i didnt notice the book when it first came out in 1999. highly recommended read if you like this genre and the good thing is it is available in many libraries as opposed to "the da vinci code" which is overly borrowed. after that you might want to try "the vanished man"; a more recent offering by jeffrey deaver. as for me, im going to start on "angels and demons" by dan brown which i've just bought ;) .
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